Post Season Blues

When you are a kid the days leading up to Christmas are super exciting. Then the big day comes! The day after though, can be a different story. The post Christmas blues set in and all of a sudden you realize that it will soon be time to go back to school, no more presents are coming, and the Christmas lights need to come down. Then, you remember that you have to wait a whole year until it happens again.

Sometimes I get the same way with hockey. Once the season ends I get bummed. I know that there is no more hockey in the near future. Oddly enough I didn't experience the post hockey season blues in 2007 yet. I think since we made it (once again) so late into the playoffs it helps decrease the blues. The wait till next season is once again, not that long. Instead of thinking, "Oh man, we have sooo long till next season", I am thinking, "wow, free agent season starts soon and Caps rookie camp is right around the corner!"

It sure would have been nice to win back to back Cups. I really thought we were gonna do it. But, like my buddy from out of state reminds me, we didn't win the cup but the hockey gods sure have been good to us lately. Think back a few years. We did not even make the playoffs! Now we go to the finals two years in a row.

Also keep in mind we beat Wilkes Barre and Manchester in the playoffs. Two of the best teams in the league during the regular season. Not to mention Wilkes Barre is one of our biggest rivals. Doesn't make the sting of not winning the cup any less painfull but it reminds me of just how well we did this year.

One other point is that this off season will be very very interesting. High player turnover is expected and a bunch of new faces may be brought in. This will make for some "hockey news" over the next two months and help make the off season seem shorter. Caps will be re-signing some guys and also making room for some new prospects.

It was a heck of a season and despite not winning the Cup I stand very proud to be a Bears fan.

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